Leroy Sane provided three assists as Champions Manchester City set an assortment of Premier League season records after beating Brighton and Hove Albion 3-1 in Yaya Toure’s farewell to the Etihad Stadium.
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The midfielder was one of Chelsea’s better performers in their 1-0 victory over the Reds, with Olivier Giroud’s victor ensuring the race for Champions League qualification is set to go down to the wire.
Chelsea will host Huddersfield at Stamford Bridge, as they look to continue their hard work and qualify for the Champions League for a successive season.
Liverpool have lost their last two fixtures against Roma and Chelsea, but Klopp is still upbeat about Sunday’s game.
The Terriers will likely need to find the back of the net if they are going to avoid relegation. Wagner’s troops have been handed odds of 6/1 to bag another prized point, while they are available at 18/1 to come away with their first away win since February.
Antonio Conte refused to be drawn on Alvaro Morata’s Chelsea future and urged the media not to focus so much scrutiny on the underperforming Spaniard.
With the players showing a hunger for the cause once more, third-placed Liverpool, who have played a game more, and Tottenham in fourth – three and two points above Chelsea respectively – are under pressure in the season finale.
Antonio Conte will be looking to end the season strongly and secure Champions League football, and here is the team we expect him to name against Huddersfield… ‘I’m very focused on the present, to do the job in the best way for the players and the fans’.
Arsenal went down 3-1 at Leicester in Arsene Wenger’s penultimate game in charge at the club. We played an intense game, with great desire to get three points.
Newcastle now occupy it despite their 1-0 loss to Tottenham on Wednesday, but they are joined on 41 points by Crystal Palace, Bournemouth and Watford, while Brighton – on 40 points – are also in the frame.
Toure was an inspirational figure in City’s first two title wins of a free-spending era under Sheikh Mansour’s ownership.
“The [top-four] situation wasn’t in our hands before this game and, for sure, the possibility is less now after this game”.
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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho expects his players to raise their game when they return to action for the first time since the news of Sir Alex Ferguson having an emergency operation on a brain haemorrhage.
